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FRIDAY EVENING, JUDY 7
How men undervalue the power of
simplicity, but it is the real hey to the
heart. — WORDSWORTH.
CAPITOL COMMISSION'S WORK
THE Capitol Park Extension Com
mission has done remarkably
well in the acquirement of all
the land within the extension zone, ex
cept those of ten owners who demur
red at the price offered and who pre
fer to let the courts fix the amounts
to be paid.
The commission faced a difficult
task. It Is always hard to buy real
estate reasonably for public purposes.
The prevailing opinion appears to be
that as the State is rich it ought to
pay more than the owner would expect
from a private purchaser.
Then, too, the commission had to
think of the business places blotted
out and to be as generous in such cases
as the law would permit. That the
prices were fair to the property owners
is shown by the fact that only ten
have appealed from the figures offered
by the commission, and that the State
was safeguarded In the transaction is
indicated by the fact that all the
ground was bought within $300,000 of
the first estimate.
Now comes the great problem of
developing the tract. In a few months
the newly-purchased ground will be
swept clean of buildings and In prep
aration for the parking plans students
of State college are busy plotting the
extension area. The enlargement of
the Capitol is another matter that
must be considered in this respect and
recently there has been made the sug
gestion that Instead of adding to the
present massive pile, two large office
buildings be erected for State pur
poses, one at Fourth and North streets
and the other at Fourth and Walnut
streets.
These matters will require careful
thought and expert advice. The Com
monwealth is planning not for a year
or a brief period of years, but for cen
turies and every care must be taken to
make the setting of the Capitol com
mensurate both with the dignity of
the building and the importance of the
State.
SUBURBAN HIGHWAYS
PENBROOK has at last determined
to pull itself out of the mud and
dust which has enveloped the
town for years. There was general
disappointment among the people and
all who traveled Penbrook way over
the unfortunate decision of the • law
department of the Commonwealth
making it impossible for the State
Highway Department to help in the
reconstruction of the main road
through the borough; but the people
of the town are now determined to
build their own highway, and it Is
understood that work will be started
In the near future.
There is an interesting and pros
perous development all along the
Linglestown road from Harrisburg
eastward and the placing of this high
vay in first-class condition is going
to be responsible for a still further
Increase in attractive suburban homes.
OUR TOURIST VISITORS
THIRTEEN large touring cars
stood in front of the Capitol the
other day while the travelers in
spected the many beautiful features of
the unusual structure. These tourists
came from remote parts of the State
and quite a number from beyond the
borders of the Commonwealth.
Superintendent Rambo is authority
for the statement that tourist travel
has enormously Increased during the
present summer.
Thus it appears that Harrisburg and
Its places of interest are becoming
known far and wide and the Influx of
motor parties is beginning to attract
general attention.
With the gradual improvement of
the highways leading to this city a
Btlll greater number of overland
travelers may be expected to spend
Borne time here.
It should not be forgotten that the
; *fatne of the city has spread hundreds
of miles in all directions and one may
easily see by observing the license
tags upon the various cars how greatly
the tourist traffic has increased within
the past year or two.
©f course, we are still deficient in
the matter of hotel facilities, but this
■ubject is receiving attention and it
la hoped that before another summer
(hall be happy In the poweulon
FRIDAY EVENING,
i I of a modern hotel that will be a credit
to Harrlsburg and attractive as a
magnet for all who find their pleasure
In this era of travel touring through
the hills and valleys and along the
water courses of this imperial Com
monwealth.
With the further improvement of
the William Penn Highway from
1 Philadelphia to Pittsburgh a still
i greater number of tourists will be at
tracted to this pivotal city of the State.
The late Robert J. Cunningham de
clared a few months ago that his one
personal ambition as State Highway
Commissioner was to construct a
splendid boulevard between Harris
burg and Gettysburg. He believed the
famous battlefield should be easily
accessible to all tourists as a mecca
for the patriotic citizens of the entire
country. Doubtless his successor, Mr.
Black, will likewise see the force of
constructing such a highway between
the capital of the Commonwealth and
the field where the sons of the North
and the South settled for all time the
great issue of a united country.
It Is also pleasing to note that
hundreds of tourists have spread
at road the fame of Harrlsburg as a
beautiful city. These have seen our
unsurpassed river front, have ridden
over our well-paved streets, have ad
mired our flower-decked business and
dwelling houses and have enjoyed the
loveliness of our parks and scenery.
Harrisburgers are proud of their
city and with good reason. Those
who have lived elsewhere for a little
time and return now and then to the
old home town are more loyal, if pos
sible, than ever before. We should
therefore see to It that there is no
falling back In the matter of civic
spirit and attention to those things
which make for higher ideals of ad
ministration and all that constitutes a
wholesome and healthful and prosper
ous community.
PRESIDENT'S MENTAL STATE
UNFORTUNATELY for President
Wilson, his mental genuflections
are likely to be mistaken for po
litical expediency and as a result he
will lose the support of his countrymen
at a time when the natural disposition
of the people is to sustain the Govern- |
ment. A prominent New England phy
sician has just diagnosed his mental 1
processes and reached the conclusion i
that he is "mentally and tempera
mentally unfit for the place of re
sponsibility into which he has been
put by freakish circumstance." This
same medical expert In his further
hygienic analysis says:
Perhaps a fair picture of Mr.
Wilson's mental processes mav be
gained by a study of his attitudes
upon the question of preparedness.
-«t first he thought as a nation we
were safe; we needed no military
provision for the future other than
that we possesses and those urg
ing preparedness measures were
unduly nervous and excited. More
that a year later he advocated
among other m<w.sures for our pro
tection the largest navy in the
world. What had happened? Mr.
Wilson' 6 mind, notwithstanding his
knowledge of history and econom
ics. was not sufficiently alert to
grasp at the outset the possibilities
and significance of the great con
flict across the Atlantic. While he
possessed a mental mechanism of
considerable merit he could not
with precision and dispatch co
ordinate its parts. Ail of his be
lated declarations favoring pre
paredness and associated problems,
commendable though thev be, offer
cumulative evidence of his mental
innrmity and are both interesting
and pathetic.
Thus it will be seen that President
Wilson is not regarded in any hostile
or merely partisan sense as incapaci
tated for the high duties of his office,
but rather because his administration
has been characterized by vacillation
and lack of firmness, destructive of
that public confidence necessary to a
successful conduct of public affairs.
ADVICE AS TO HIGH SCHOOIi
THE School Board will not regTet
having employed an expert to
advise It concerning the erection
of the proposed new high school in
Harrisburg. This city has earned enor
mous dividends on its investments in
the services of experts. Without ex
pert assistance the great public im
provement campaign never could have
been handled. The same may be said
of the new high school proposition.
Just now the whole matter hinges
on getting tha public to approve the
proposed loan. It might not be well
to begin a wide-open discussion of
possible sites or types of buildings just
now, for differences are bound to arise
that may again delay the much needed
structure, but certain it is that the
School Board shouljl be posted thor
oughly on the problem -with which it
is confronted. It will not do to make
another such error as was committed
by those who were responsible for the
Forster street purchase and the build
ing erected thereon. Any money ex
pended now for expert advice will be
amply repaid in the saving* that will
be affected thereby.
"SAVE THE SENATE"
THE solidifying and the getting to
gether of Republicans all over
the country is very alarming to
the Democrats. They are tremend
ously surprised and deeply chagrined
at the happy outcome of the Chicago
convention. Daily they are growing
more apprehensive and they are dis
playing less and less and less con
fidence. Their latest sign of panic is
the cry that has gone up to "Save the
Senate."
REPUBLICANS AND PENSIONS
THE Democrats have been trying
to make a little political capital
In Congress over the fact that
the old soldiers were not mentioned In
the Republican platform at Chicago.
Practically every line of pension legis
lation in this country was placed upon
the statute books by Republican votes.
Every act of importance was signed
and became a law through the In
strumentality of a Republican Presi
dent. The votes in Congress against
all pension legislation have been by
Democrats. It was not necessary for
the Republican party to parade Its
loyalty to the old veteran. Its record
on pensions and pension matters
speaks for Itself.
Veterans might ask the Democrats
how many Grand Army men were dis
missed at Washington or demoted
since President Wilson'* Inauguration.
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Virtually all of the suggestions for
candidates for the Republican presi
dential electoral ticket, requested from
Philadelphia district delegates to the
national convention, were made yes
terday. Though suggested by these
Philadelphians for the approval of the
presidential nominee, the voters of the
whole State will pass upon them in
the November election.
Five of the six so named were de
scribed as friends of the Vares; that
Is, all those named except one, Thom
as Robins, who was Indorsed by the
delegates from the 2d Congressional
District, Senator McNichol and Presi
dent Judge Brown. Furthermore. It
was pointed out, Mr. Robins is a pro
gressive, unlike McNichol and Judge
Brown, who are regular Republicans.
The McNichol point of view, of course,
was that he was helping to win pro
gressives back to the party.
The assertions as to w"hether or not
the candidates for electors are friends
of the Vares or of the Penrose ele
ment confirms statements that fac
tionalism is breaking out in the elec
toral situation. Each side wants to
loom large before the presidential
nominee who, under the law, has the
power to name the candidates on the
electoral ticket.
Already the delegates at large have
made suggestions for six members of
the ticket, though it is possible that
changes may yet be made in their se
lection. The ticket is to consist of
38 men.
Philadelphia's district delegates will
contribute six candidates. Their end
of the ticket, as announced, follows:
First District—Either Ellis A.
Gimbel or General E. V. Morrell.
Second District—Thomas Robins.
Third District—Virtually certain
that agreement will be reached on Dr.
James Van Buskirk. City Solicitor
John P. Connelly, as one of the dele
gates, a friend of Senator McNlchol,
along with John Bromley, fniend of
David Martin, has a voice in this se
lection.
Fourth District —Mayor Thomas B.
Smith. The Penrose support was
thrown to the Mayor in this instance.
Fifth District—N. C. Broadhead.
Sixth District—Dr. Edgar Fahs
Smith, provost of the University of
Pennsylvania. This selection was
made by William Potter, ex-Minister
to Italy, and Harry D. Beaston. Mr.
Potter confirmed the announcement
last night.
The type of the Philadelphians
named yesterday to appear on the
electoral ticket for Justice Hughes
drew much favorable comment. Par
ticular praise was accorded to the se
lection of Provost Smith who, as is
also the case with others on the ticket,
is in no case a politician.
Senator Sproul, of Delaware County,
announced that he and his colleague.
Horace Beale, of Chester County, had
agreed to suggest to the Presidential
nominee William Wayne, of Paoli.
Mr. Wayne is a former member of the
House from Chester County, and is a
great-great-grandson of the famous
Anthony Wayne, a fact which called
special attention to tlie point that one
of the chief issues of the campaign
will be "100 per cent. Americanism."
Similarly, throughout the State yes
terday, district delesates were making
selections, so that'the list of 38 might
be completed as soon as possible.
The question of selecting Washing
ton Party electors will be discussed at
a meeting of the Washington Party
Committee, and of the delegates and
alternates to the Progressive national
convention to be held at the call of the
State chairman, Mr. Detrich, at Har
risburg next Tuesday. The Flinn
leaders in the party favor Hughes, who
has been indorsed by the Progressive
National Committee. But the party
is without a Presidential nominee, Col
onel Roosevelt having withdrawn.
Now, the difficulty is that the Penn
sylvania law requires that the Presi
dential nominee shall select the can
didates for electors. As the party has
no Presidential nominee, the law pro
vides that the Presidential nominee
failing to select, the selections shall
be made by the Vice-Presidential nom
inee who, in this case, is John M. Par
ker, of Louisiana. lie is opposed to
reunic n with the Republican party.
Therefore, unless the Progressive Na
tional Committee nominates Hughes
in place of Colonel Roosevelt by July
10, Parker may make selections antag
onistic to Hughes.
As the Harrisburg meeting has been
called for July 11, Is most likely the
plan of the Klinn leaders to issue a
statement appealing; to Progressives to
vote for Hughes electors through the
medium of the Republican ballot, thus
Insuring a vote for the Republican
nominee and dissolving the Washing
ton party. From a technical point of
HARRISBURG t£StS& TELEGRAPH
view, the Washington party is con-1
fronted by a political puzzle.
TELEGRAPH PERISCOPE ]
—The fact that Captain Morey is
pictured as wearing a wrist-watch
ought to remove the suspicion with
which that article of nsefulness and
ornament has been long regarded in
some quarters.
—The chief occupation of Demo
cratic editors at present is hunting up
stray Progressives who are going to
vote for Wilson. P. S. —lt's a hard job,
but they've already found three.
—There is a suspicion that Ambassa
dor Candldo is not what his name
sounds like.
—We don't blame Berlin for calling
it an offensive.
—The Houston Post says that "100,-
000,000 pairs of hosiery are wasted in
the United States yearly." We guess
the'short skirts aren't so popular down
there as here.
EDITORIAL, COMMENT
To add to their troubles, the news
papers of Germany now have on their
hands a United States Presidential cam
paign.—Philadelphia North American.
The Allies are meeting to plan an
economic war on Germany. The latter
will hardly appreciate this compliment
of Imitation in efficiency. Baltimore
American.
Unless we misread the signs, this
campaign is going to be unique in
United States history. Both sides seem
to be deeply concerned about the Ameri
can vote.—Kansas City Star.
Won't it be hard luck for those Con
gressmen who supported the Hay
Army Bill because of the National
Guard vote if all militia men are down
in Mexico on November 7?— Philade
lphia North American.
[ OUR DAILY LAUGH
MORE IMPOR
ft Has your son
?il im ail \[~/ p' c,ced ° ut a ca
'JI JJr JJ I p reer for himself
'*l Heaven», no! It
wL Bk takes all that
k boy's time plck
'ngr out socks an d
' ,J !r>r neckties.
I ANOTHER BAT- >
What is that JjKkjxL
mob doing around
These are
bleacher fans. /p
And they're fight
| ing for their
place in the
J shade.
WHO PAYS?
By Wing DinKcr
When Mexican greasers
Did our flag abuse,
Wilson sent a gunboat
Down to Vera Cruz.
Served a notice on them
That they must salvte
Our flag—instead, bo.
They our men did shoot.
Some of our best soldiers
Had to pay the freight
With their lives, while Wilson
Practiced "watch and wait."
Nothing was accomplished
Of which we could brag—
Nor did greasers honor
Or salute the flag.
Then a lot of bandits
Crossed from Mexico,
Killed a lot of people,
All of which you know—
Our troops were ordered
Into Mexico
To pursue the bandits,
Which likewise you know.
Then, as from a clear sky,
Comes a thunderclap,
We got word th*t two troops
Were caught in a trap,
And were almost wiped out
By Carranza troops.
Ones more our good soldiers
Played the part of dupes. •
Wilson then got busy,
I Ultimatums wrote.
Back from smooth Carranza
Comes a little note.
Which, we're told, is very
Satisfactory— '
More Uvea lost and no on*
Pays a penalty.
FEDERAL INSURA NCE
By Frederic J. Haskin
L J
ONE of the most interesting of the
war developments in a business
way is the fact that it induced
the United States government to go
into the insurance business. Uncle
Sam has been underwriting policies
for eighteen months now—time
enough to give his abilities in this
line a fair try-out, and to Justify the
people of the country in asking how
he is getting along.
Uncle Sam's record bears investiga
tion very well. As an insurance man
he has been almost successful enough
to have his biography printed among
those of the poor but daring captains
of industry who saw their chances and
made their fortunes. The federal in
surance bureau has a balance on the
right side of its ledger of almost two
million dollars.
Of course, that balance may not last
long. All insurance is more or less
an uncertain business, and the govern
ment's insurance business is the most
uncertain of all.. Its very uncertainty
is the reason that the government is in
it. It was too uncertain for anybody
else; too uncertain for all the private
companies to handle together. The
official name of the new bureau is the
Bureau of War Risk Insurance.
Like the rest of the federal depart
ments and bureaus, the War Risk In
surance Bureau was never intended
for a profit-maker. It was established
lis an emergency measure, to relieve
an acute and critical situation. It did
its work so quietly and well that few
people realize now how critical that
situation really was.
When the war broke out, American
business was faced by the problem of
protection for American shipping.
There was a brisk demand for Amer
ican goods abroad, there were Ameri
can goods in plenty to be shipped, but
in between lay the broad Atlantic, re
presenting a whole list of new mari-
LITTLE MILITARY
TALKS
By Capt. Geo. F. Lumb
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DISCIPLINE
DISCIPLINE is more than blind
obedience to orders. It is the
force behind every victory and
the hidden spring of every promotion.
Like many other virtues it may be
carried to extremes that nullify its ob
ject. It was reported during the Boer
war that a company of British infan
try, firing from the kneeling position
and themselves under a withering Are,
were given the commands: Load!
Aim! and before the word to Fire!
was given, their officers, standing be
hind the firing line, had all been picked
off by Boer sharpshooters. The men,
unaccustomed to taking the initiative,
remained several minutes in their
places without pulling a trigger until
an officer of another company discov
ering their plight gave the necessary
commands to the over-disciplined
company.
True discipline is prompt obedience
to orders plus the effort of every sub
ordinate to catch the spirit and pur
pose of those In authority, so that the
end In view may be attained regard
less of conditions.
One who has learned to control and
direct his thoughts has a disciplined,
mind, and is then fit to think for oth
ers. One who has learned to obey is
fit to command. Our regular army
stands high in discipline. An English
officer observing the capture of San
Juan Hill reported to his war office:
"They went ahead, two yards apart
crouching and gliding like panthers;
every man his own general, absorbed
in his work; they fired at will. With
American soldiers and British officers
I could defy the world."
He underestimated our officers be
cause he overlooked the principle that
the best disciplined army is the one
in which no cause for discipline ap
pears.
Governor Brumbaugh's View
Governor Brumbaugh made a strong
plea for newspaper advertising and de
nounced billboards, at the recent con
vention of the Ad. Clubs of the World.
He said:
"If in your counsels you find it pru
dent and proper to place advertising
upon a scientific basis, eliminating the
sensational In language and In state
ment, you will do well.
"Why not set yourself solidly against
that form of advertising that is a blot
on landscape and makes a trip to the
country a veritable procession by sign
boards and other devlce.s that attract
few and repel many?
"Are not the magazines, the news
papers and other regularly-constituted
channels of communication the lcgitl
l mate field of publicity?
JULY 7, 1916.
time perils whose gravity and very
nature were only a matter of guess
work. No merchants were willing to
risk large shipments on these waters
without having them adequately pro
tected by insurance. American in
surance companies were confronted by
a situation that was rather beyond
them to handle.
There were factors complicating
that situation. In the first place, the
hazards of voyage had increased im
mensely. In the second place, the
volume of shipping increased rapidly
as Europe began to buy. In the third
place, in the financial disturbance that
swept the whole world, the expedient
of reinsurance in England, by which
risks may be reinsured in the London
market, was seriously limited. Owing
to the coincidence of the August Bank
holiday, the reinsurance markets were
entirely closed for the first three days
of this critical period, and American
companies had to carry the total in
surance risk themselves. As a result,
they cut down on the amount of In
surance they would accept on any one
vessel or its cargo. Small companies
limited themselves to small amounts,
while the maximum for the biggest
companies stood at SIOO,OOO or
$150,000. From this it followed that
the shippers could not get anything
like the amount of insurance they
wanted, and were forced to carry a
large proportion of the risk themsel
ves.
What insurance was obtainable
came high. It was perhaps not too
high fiom the standpoint of the is
suing companies who were facing an
unprecedented set of circumstances,
but it was high enough to put a ser
ious obstacle in the way of foreign
trade, had nothing been done to alle
viate the situation. Premiums on ves
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THE SWE FROM DAT TO DOT
Close to a half million dollars in
beer taxes alone were paid in Schuyl
kill county during the fiscal year that
closed June 30. A tax of over two
dollars a person for beer In one year
would indicate a prevalence of individ
uals of Germanic tendencies in that
county.
Scranton's Board of Recreation is
considering the advisability of con
structing a swimming pool in Connell
Park, for which $3,000 was set aside In
a recently passed bond issue. Go to it,
Scranton, have your "splash week."
Every other city without a pool will
weep tears of regret that it isn't quite
so fortunate.
One of the negro prisoners released
from the Carrizal prison in Mexico at
Carranza's order is a Carlisle boy. Pri
vate William Gibson. Gibson's mother
is now living in that town.
With the passing of Robert E. Mor
ris, of Punxsutawney, who for the past
28 years has been an engineer on the
Pennsylvania railroad, goes a name
that is heavily written on the pages of
American history. If we are to judge
from the appreeiatory statement of
the Spirit, this Mr. Morris brought
honor to the name that, meant so much
in Revolutionary days.
The police in Erie are said to have
found "but few gun-toters on the
Fourth," Guess they couldn't have
looked very hard, or else Erie is a
most unusual town.
The completion of the William Penn
Highway will be a boon to housewives,
in the opinion of the women all along
the line who are boosters. It would
mean cheaper vegetables and other
farm produce, in their estimation, be
cause the hauling would be easier and
quicker.
•WHAT THE ROTARY CLUB
LEARNED OF THE CITY
[Questions submitted to members of
the Harrisburg Rotary Club and their
answers as presented at the organiza
tion's annual "Municipal Quiz."]
What system Is in use for the imme
diate summoning of a patrolman on
duty in the outlying districts of city?
What city was the pioneer in the use of
this system?
Red lights are placed at the most
i conspicuous corners, controlled
j from headquarters. Officers re
port by telephone to office as soon
! as observed. Harrisburg was the
pioneer in the use of this system.
which lias now been adopted by
I some of the largest cities.
Ebening (Eljat
Just eighteen years ago to-day the
Governor's Troop of Pennsylvania
cavalry entrained at the mobilization
camp at Mount Gretna for Camp
Alger, Virginia, preparatory to sailing
from Newport News for Porto Rico.
That's why tho entraining of the troop,
now Troop B of the First Pennsylva
nia Cavalry contingent of the regular
army, for the Border takes on added
significance. It was on July 7, 1898,
that the local cavalrymen left for the
front. With them at that time, too,
was Dr. E. A. Nicodemus, first lieuten
ant, and Captain George C. Jack, then
a sergeant, both of whom are now
with the troojj en route to the Border.
Benjamin W. Kline, Williamsport, a
brother of First Sergeant Charles A.
Kline, was one of the eager volunteers
who enlisted with the troop shortly
after the cavalry command reached
Mount Gretna, and Trooper Kline was
among those who went to Porto Rico
in 1898 with thu local troop.
» • •
Scores of people were attracted to
the river bank at Front and Walnut
streets the other day at noon by the
activities of a veritable water nymph
who was splashing about above the
Walnut street bridge. The young
woman was master of practically
e\ery stroke known to the science of
swimming and she varied the over
hand, fade-away, crawl and breast
movements in rigid succession. Every
now and then she would climb in over
the end of a canoe and then —flip—
out she would dive over the side with
the grace of a professional.
"That's one of our girls," explained
a department store manager who was
pmong the crowd on the bank. "She
get an hour and a half for dinner to
day and that's the way she pleases to
put In the time."
• » »
"It takes a holiday like the Fourth
of July," opined the confirmed
bachelor who spends his idle moments
in the cigar store at Third and Walnut
streets, "to bring out the beautiful
girls.
"I was down at Hershey Tuesday,"
he explained, "and it was marvelous
the collection of beauty that came a
strolllng into the park between sun
rise and sunset. Blue-eyed blond
beauties, dark-eyed brunettes, straw
berry blondes, semi-this and seml
that., little petite misses just heart
high, tall, queenly girls with a tread
like Diana, sunburned athletic types,
demure bits of femininity, laughing
eyed lassies with gaze that now and
then wandered waywardly, cold and
haughty maidens with never a look
thisward or thatward. And all dolled
up in their niftiest sport coats and
other glad rags. Yep, yes-siree-Bob
it was worth the carfare Just to seo
'em.
"What? Whom did I bring ba£k
to town? Nobody! She lived in
Lebanon."
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The river and creeks have been be
having in anything but an encouraging
way since the opening of the bass
fishing season, but the suburbanite
tha* brings the fish stories into the
office from Dauphin says things will
soon be right if this weather keeps
up. Sporting goods men are doing a
good business in tackle and it's about
time for that annual story about the
seven-pounder being caught at the
Cove to come across the news desk.
As a rule the applicant for a mar
riage license is very, very «hy and
the timidity with which many a couple
approaches the marital bureau in the
ccunty recorder's office is often the
cause for quiet mirth on the part of
old <and generally speaking, long
married) attaches.
The other day there was an un
usual rush of business at the deeds
and mortgage counter and quite a
number of lawyers and real estate men
hat? formed a little line before the
desk to await their turn. Outside a
pretty girl and a rather diffident young
man, both quite apparently dressed in
their "Sunday best" waited patiently.
Then James E. Lentz, the county re
corder spied them.
'lf you folks wish to obtain a mar
riage license," ho suggested kindly,
"come in."
"We will," returned the youth
gravely as he nodded to the waiting
lint before the deeds' desk, "but we
thought We'd wait until the rush of
applicants ahead of us had been
waited on!"
• • «
A new wrinkle in ways and means
of celebrating the Fourth of July was
rubbed on the page of patriotic his
tory in Harrisburg this year. Hun
dreds of people throughout the city
brought their victrolas out on the front
porch a few minutes before midnight,
July 3, and when the blowing of
whistles and ringing of bells an
nounced the beginning of the nation's
140 th birthday, the talking machines
rang out "The Star Spangled Banner"
by the best military bands in the
country.
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"Don't you think it would be fine
if the city should obtain possession of
a few of the islands opposite the city
and fit them out as park places?"
This is the suggestion of a canoeist.
He backs up his argument by pointing
out the excellent facilities wnich have
been provided by the city ror golfists,
tennis players, track or baseball en
thusiasts and contends that the finest
recreation place of all, the river, is
left practically undeveloped.
"Some day." he avers, "tne people
will wake up to the fact tnat the
river opposite Harrisburg vs one of
the finest natural recreation places in
the world, and Its scenery is unsur
passed.
"But then," he adds, "I suppose
every island will be gobbled up by
private enterprises and about every
other twenty feet of the fine promen
ade along the city shore will be taken
up with a gangplank from some float
ing boathouse, the owner of which
will be reaping a harvest of coin which
might well go to the city Tor river
basin development."
But then this canoeist is a pessimist!
What?
Advertising News
In case of a death in the family,
would you print the obituary on a
billboard? If your wife entertained
would you send an account of it to the
theater program man? If you were to
enlarge your business would you ad
vertise on a hotel blotter? If you
were going to have a wedding among
your relations would you get out a
handbill?
Some people look upon the news
paper as a convenience, self-sustain
ing. and resorted to only after all other
forms of advertising have failed. The
obituaries, the business changes, the
entertainment, the 'weddings, are the
things that give your newspaper its
widespread circulation. They are the
things that cause people to pay for the
privilege of reading your advertise
ment. In advertising, the newspaper
)s pre-eminent. The newspaper is ad
vertising. Advertising is news.—Leb
anon (Ind.) Reporter.